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In re: Saghir

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The Second Circuit removes an attorney from the bar of the court of appeals, pursuant to the court's reciprocal discipline rule, on the ground that...

Rodriguez v. Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an appeal from the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees after an infant compromise hearing, the award is affirmed where: 1) the district...

Gebhart v. SEC

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In a petition for review of the SEC's order sustaining a National Association of Securities Dealers disciplinary sanction against...

American Prairie Constr. Co. v. Hoich

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action to enforce a settlement agreement reached in bankruptcy proceedings, the district court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss and...

McElrath v. Simpson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, district court's denial is reversed and remanded with instructions to conditionally...

In re Koehler

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Sanctions
In an attorney's petition for a writ challenging a trial court's order of contempt on attorney arising from divorce proceedings, attorney's petition...

US v. Turner

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
District court's disqualification of defendant's retained counsel from representing him in a prosecution for conspiracy to distribute cocaine because...

US v. Myers

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Defendant's appeal of a contempt citation for failure to produce various items in a criminal trial is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because...

Keach v. Cty. of Schenectady

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In an appeal from a district court's order denying plaintiff's motion to recuse the district judge, the appeal is dismissed where the district court...

In re Freeman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Court of appeals' reversal of defendant's conviction for child endangerment and related crimes is reversed and remanded as, while a showing of actual...